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Nawaz Sharif has been elected prime minister of Pakistan, and subsequently ousted from the role, three separate times. Thanks to a new law, he is now the leader of the country's ruling party, but unelected officials still wield enormous power.

Pakistan: Ousted Prime Minister Is Again Party Leader

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Pakistan: A Military With a Country

The future is looking just a little brighter for former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's. Pakistan's ruling party, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), reinstated him as party leader on Oct. 3. The announcement came a day after the PML-N used its majority in the Pakistani parliament, the National Assembly, to pass the Electoral Reforms Bill 2017, enabling the disbarred prime minister to assume party leadership.

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Pakistan: Ousted Prime Minister Is Again Party Leader

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